Comparing Orlando Ticket Brokers 2025

If you are planning your first visit to Orlando you will have a lot of questions about everything. Getting around, what there is to do and where to stay. I will tackle one particularly hot topic in the article whilst comparing Orlando ticket brokers 2025, giving you all the details and historical prices so you can decide who best suits your needs for your trip. Have you found yourself asking some or all of these questions while planning your trip…?

• What tickets will I need when I visit Orlando?
• How much are they?
• Where is the best place to get my Orlando theme park tickets?
• Are there any deals on Orlando theme park tickets?

I’ve spent the last year researching this article including tracking prices weekly so I can give you the most comprehensive guide to UK Orlando ticket brokers so you can decide what tickets you need and where you can buy them.

What this guide isn’t is a definitive list of all the prices. There are too many variables. As you will see, tracking prices for just one date throws up an awful lot of data. I want this guide to identify pricing trends so you know when is the best time to buy.

This is a long and detailed article so please feel free to read it or use the quick links below to jump to a section that interests you.

There are several ticket brokers that deal in UK-exclusive ticket packages to Florida’s attractions, not just the theme parks.

You decide who to buy your tickets with. One thing I don’t recommend when booking a package holiday is getting tickets through your holiday provider. You are almost certainly paying more than you would if you were to shop around yourself. Yes, it’s a little more work on your part, but it could save you hundreds in ticket costs.

Many people choose the most well-known ticket brokers for peace of mind, but ticket brokers offer the same ticket packages at differing prices, sometimes renaming them to avoid confusion with their competitors.

Further on, this article will compare the unique selling points of each company but, more interestingly, show you the pricing trends of each so you can make an informed decision over who you choose to book your tickets with.

I have picked the main players in the UK ticket broker market to compare. Some you will have heard of while others may be new to you.

• Attraction Tickets (formerly Attraction Tickets Direct)
• Florida Tix
• American Attractions (now part of Attraction Tickets)
• Orlando Attractions
• Orlando Attraction Tickets

The ticket market is incredibly competitive. Margins are tight and operating costs must be kept to a minimum to keep prices as low as possible. In the time it has taken me to collate the figures and put this article together, there has already been consolidation in the market. American Attractions was absorbed by Attraction Tickets in the last throws of 2024. The website now directs you to an Attraction Tickets landing page explaining your next steps if you have already purchased tickets through American Attractions.

As you will see below that’s no real loss on the ticket front because American Attractions, while not the cheapest option, were also not the most expensive. They didn’t even run a Black Friday sale in 2024 which, in hindsight, now makes sense if the merger was already going through. But it does take another long-term player out of the market and reduces competition which isn’t good for consumers.

I will add another option for you to consider, very new family-run ticket broker just starting out. It’s so new it wasn’t on my radar when checking prices but I am all for supporting new businesses so please check them out and compare prices to the main players before making your decision. Their website isn’t as polished as others, there’s no landing page for Orlando for example, but they are a genuine UK-based operator. Check them out on the link below.

• Your Ticket Genie

As ticket packages have become ever more expensive ticket brokers have had to adapt to changing market conditions and offer better service before and after you book to secure your business.

Buy now, pay later has become almost standard practice in the last few years as has the ability to amend your plans once booked. Of course, there may be a fee to pay and a difference in cost now that many ticket prices are based on your initial visit date but tickets are no longer as rigid as they used to be.

Many companies also sell their own piece of mind service allowing you to cancel for a full refund for a nominal charge per ticket or booking.

The chart below compares companies against these policies so you can decide who would best suit your ticket needs for your Orlando holiday.

Ticket Brokers Comparison table

UK ticket packages are some of the most generous anywhere despite their initial high entry points.

Comparing a UK ticket package to a standard US ticket package for the same duration shows the stark contrast between the packages we are offered over our US cousins.

All UK-based ticket packages for Disney World, Universal Orlando and Seaworld include water park entry. US ticket holders need to add them separately.

Park hopping is included in the base ticket package for both Disney World and Universal Orlando whereas US ticket packages need to add it on as an optional extra.

UK ticket packages are only offered for longer durations, typically 14 days although Disney does offer a 7-day package for a nominal saving.

Starting in 2025 Universal Orlando will join Disney World in pricing their ticket packages based on the start date of your ticket (demand-based pricing) which has been a staple of US ticket packages for years. Disney World has been using a demand-based pricing method for UK ticket packages for the last couple of years.

When pricing up your trip, if you want to visit Disney World or Universal Orlando for more than 3 days you will generally be better off with a UK ticket package even if you won’t be using the full 14-day quota.

Unused days can no longer be rolled forward to another trip, Disney phased out those ticket types in 2005. If you find old Disney World tickets that were purchased prior to 2005 Disney will honour them by swapping out old tickets at a customer service window in the parks or you can try selling them as a collectable ticket.

Most times of the year you will come across “deals” that purport to be the best. This is most prolific around the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend but my research shows it happens a lot more than you will think.

So how do you know what is and isn’t a good deal?

Before booking tickets it is wise to know what you need for your trip; nothing more, nothing less. Know what parks you want to visit and for how long. Keep that in laser-sharp focus when looking for ticket deals.

Deals often come in several flavours;

• Adults at kids’ prices
• 14 days for the price of 7 (Disney passes)
• Free entry to another attraction
• Discount Coupons

Let’s break each of these down so you can understand the true value of the offer.

The problem with adults at kids prices and 2 weeks for the price of 1 (or 14 days for 7) is they are just nominal savings, typically between £20 and £30 per person but the marketing of the offer makes they seem like they offer far more value than they do in monetary terms.

14 days for the price of 7, especially, hasn’t been seen as anything special in years as it seems to be active for more weeks than when it isn’t. This is also a deal direct from Disney so if one company offers you it, all the others will because they have to buy their tickets from the same source, Disney. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a saving but it’s far from being as special as the splashy landing pages try to make you believe.

Another offer that tends to be on longer than you may think. The headline usually reads, “Spend £___ and receive free tickets to _______”. The monetary figure and attraction entry will vary by company and also the time of the year but Gatorland, Wonderworks and airboat rides are perennial popular options.

If you were looking at going to the attraction that is offered, it would be a good deal for you. However, if you fall into the 60% of first-time travellers who won’t have time to venture out of the main parks, then it’s not a good deal, especially if you won’t have time to visit or will forego a day away from the hustle and bustle of the main theme parks just to make use of your freebie.

I’m not saying don’t venture away from the main parks but if this is your first visit things like this can often be a distraction you can do without. If you have time in your itinerary to visit one of these options you won’t go wrong with Gatorland or an airboat ride. I’ve done several airboat rides and they have always been fantastic. Plus they’re the polar opposite to what you see in Disney, Universal and around International Drive. It’s a great way to see a real bit of Florida in under an hour from most hotels. Gatorland is a great day outside the main parks without feeling that you’ve wasted a day. Plus they have some of the tallest zip lines in Florida if you’re the daring type.

Wonderworks and other midway-type attractions such as ICON park, the Titanic Museum and a plethora of escape experiences and mini golf opportunities are a nice aside but typically only offer 2 or so hours of entertainment plus you have the added cost of transport to and from said attractions. It all depends on what you want to do on a day away from the parks. Just don’t get blindsided by flashy headlines.

Some companies like to announce “exclusive” discount coupon packs for use in resorts but rarely disclose what discounts you can find. Florida, and the US in general is huge on coupons and you’ll find free discount coupons on many sidewalks outside stores and major attractions. Are they nice to have? Sure, but I don’t book my tickets based on getting discount coupons or not.

As tickets get gradually more expensive (they increase twice a year typically) ticket brokers have had to adapt their strict terms and conditions to get your business. You will find them much more customer-centric now offering a range of options to allow you to book and manage your tickets with more freedom than has been available in the past when tickets were payable at the time you booked them. Let’s turn an eye to some of the perks, or USP’s (Unique Selling Points) that companies purport to make them better than the competition.

It’s now fairly common to book tickets with a low deposit and pay the balance off in instalments before a set period before travel. Actual tickets are not released until the balance has been paid in full, but you can still use your Disney ticket reference number to pre-book experiences and dining options at the 60-day mark.

The days of getting your tickets through the post are long gone. All theme park operators now use gate-ready electronic tickets that can be attached to their respective apps on your phone for added peace of mind. You can also add them to your mobile wallet and smartwatch.

The fact a company uses ‘gate-ready tickets’ is merely clarification now. In the not-too-distant past vouchers were issued that needed to be swapped for tickets at your first park but the internet has cut out the need for vouchers instead providing a QR code scannable on whichever device you choose. You can request physical tickets at ticket windows/guest services in the parks or when checking in to your hotel if it is an onsite hotel.

This is actually worth noting before you book. Life is hectic and it can sometimes get in the way. Does your operator allow changes or modifications to your tickets post-booking? Operators realise that now, and most will let you modify your arrival window or even cancel up to a set period before you arrive. What sets them apart is the cost of allowing you to do that which should be clearly marked on their website and the terms should be easy to understand.

Everyone is different, some will want to see and do everything, and others want some downtime. For the cost analysis, I have selected the most popular ticket packages covering various theme parks from the following list of all the main theme parks around the Orlando area:

• Magic Kingdom
• EPCOT
• Hollywood Studios
• Animal Kingdom
• Blizzard Beach
• Typhoon Lagoon
• Universal Studios Florida
• Islands Of Adventure
• Volcano Bay
• Seaworld Orlando
• Aquatica Orlando
• Busch Gardens Tampa

These are the largest, most well-known and popular parks for visitors to attend on their first visit. You may want to visit all of them or pick and choose which parks you visit depending on your budget and available time. UK Ticket packages include access to water parks at no extra cost so water parks have also been listed but, depending on the time of year one or more water parks may not be available due to the weather or scheduled maintenance downtime. Disney in particular only has one water park operating at any time since reopening from its COVID-enforced shutdown in 2020. The last 2 winters have seen some record low temperatures for Florida necessitating the forced closure of water parks for multiple days between November and January.

Ticket brokers like to package different parks together and advertise savings on a bundle. The most popular ticket bundles are:

Disney World Only

• Magic Kingdom
• EPCOT
• Hollywood Studios
• Animal Kingdom
• Typhoon Lagoon
• Blizzard Beach
• Includes free onsite hotel parking, park hopping, Disney transport, Memory Maker, mini golf and 9 holes on a main course.

Disney World & Universal Orlando

• Magic Kingdom
• EPCOT
• Hollywood Studios
• Animal Kingdom
• Typhoon Lagoon
• Blizzard Beach
• Universal Studios Florida
• Islands Of Adventure
• Epic Universe (from May 2025)
• Volcano Bay

All Parks Package (listed under various names)

• Magic Kingdom
• EPCOT
• Hollywood Studios
• Animal Kingdom
• Typhoon Lagoon
• Blizzard Beach
• Universal Studios Florida
• Islands Of Adventure
• Epic Universe (from May 2025)
• Volcano Bay
• Seaworld
• Aquatica
• Busch Gardens Tampa

Perhaps one notable omission from this list is Legoland Florida. Set over an hour away and now with no easy means of access aside from driving, Legoland Florida serves a very niche audience so was left off the price comparison. I will say that Legoland Florida is the most expensive park to visit on a per-day basis. Many of the attractions are clones that you can find at other parks like Legoland Windsor and in many of their parks in mainland Europe. If you are interested in visiting Legoland Florida there are package deals including Disney and/or Universal so you can find something to suit your needs.

Now the basics have been covered let’s move on to the question you have been wondering, when and where is the best time to book your Orlando theme park tickets?

Nothing demonstrates the power of advertising than Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales. What started as a weekend Amazon sales event to clear old stock has morphed into a worldwide phenomenon. One of the top questions on forums about tickets is still, “Should I wait For Black Friday?”.

Black Friday is a marketing gimmick and has been since its inception. The prices aren’t the lowest you will find all year but it’s also not the most expensive time to book (that is the fortnight after Black Friday madness)

In the year I have been tracking prices two of the most popular ticket booking agencies, Attraction Tickets and Florida Tix, had prices lower than their advertised Black Friday sales for 20 and 18 weeks respectively. That’s nearly half the year you could have snagged a better deal on your tickets. Sorry Black Friday bookers, you’ve been had by the marketing and flashy headlines!

Let’s look at some evidence: The chart below compares advertised Black Friday 2023 Disney World prices against what was offered the rest of the year. Remember I was looking for a specific date in 2024.

Manually tracking prices weekly for every eventuality is impossible, there are just too many variables to consider but I do track prices for my Premium clients. To get a baseline price for this article I chose one specific week to check prices bearing in mind:

• I wanted one of the cheapest weeks to visit to get a baseline figure
• I wanted a date that would be popular among UK visitors in the school summer holidays

The price of these tickets typically remains unchanged for most of August (aside from the first week when US schools are still on holiday) and most of September. Once again I want to point out that this article isn’t to highlight who is the cheapest or most expensive nor to pinpoint the prices. The point of this article is to identify trends in prices, not the actual prices themselves so the prices you see from now on are based on the following criteria.

First use date: 11th August 2024.

After this date has elapsed, the prices you see are based on the next cheapest price for the year, usually the Monday after the date the ticket would have been booked. To make comparisons fair, weeks where prices were lower than Black Friday but after my original start date have been excluded from calculations. The lowest cost of tickets post Black Friday and the number of weeks where prices were lower, were bookable before the original arrival date of 11th August 2024.

Below is a quick breakdown of the tickets you get in the package.

Disney World Tickets

14-day Magic Your Way

Valid for 14 days of theme park entry over 18 days starting from the date you choose when booking the tickets. also included in this ticket is unlimited water park entry for 18 days, use of Disney transport plus a round of mini golf per day before 4 pm and 1 9-hole reserved tee-off timed slot at Disney’s Oak Trails Golf Course.

Universal Orlando Tickets

14-day Explorer

14 days of unlimited access to Universal’s theme parks; Universal Studios Floria, Islands Of Adventure and Volcano Bay water park. Remember the prices in 2024 didn’t include Epic Universe as it opens on 22nd May 2025. Universal has also transitioned to date-based tickets for 2025 onwards. 2024 was the last year tickets were the same uniform price depending predominantly on the year you visited.

Seaworld Parks

3 Parks Visit

One visit each to Seaworld Orlando, Busch Gardens Tampa and Seaworld’s Aquatica water park over a 14-day window. Free all-day dining is included at every park at the time of writing. Free transportation to Bush Gardens is possible by reserving your spot on the Busch Gardens Express shuttle bus. If you have visited in years past on the now redundant Flex-Ticket promotion, Seaworld Park’s admission policy is the biggest change. It is now only 1 day admission per park, not 14 days unlimited entry.

As the largest theme park operator in the world, Disney is always going to be where you can make the most of your savings because they are the most expensive tickets with the most perceived value included: 14 days of admission to 4 theme parks over 18 days, 2 water parks (or whichever is open at the time you visit), on-resort transportation and a daily round of mini golf plus a 9-hole round of golf at Disney’s Oak Trail Golf Course (green fees will apply). Plus park hopping benefits and use of Disney’s Memory Maker photograph service in the main parks.

When you think of it like that, our Disney ticket prices don’t seem to have a bad value considering what we can pay to get into some of our theme parks for one day.

If price is an important factor to you, picking the correct dates of your visit will directly lead to the most savings followed by your choice of ticket broker.

The cheapest dates don’t vary all that much; the second week of January through mid-February if you want to avoid the heat and crowds or August and most of September if you need to visit in the school holidays. August and September are surprisingly quiet in Orlando once the US schools have returned but the weather will be turbulent and the summer humidity puts many people off.

Combining your choice of ticket broker and dates with the time of year you decide to book dictates the price you pay for your tickets. Let’s take Black Friday as a baseline. You would have been paying between £490 and £519 per person during 2023’s Black Friday sales for Disney World tickets in August 2024. An instant near £30 saving per person just for choosing the right ticket broker but the savings don’t stop there.

The fortnight after Black Friday is the most expensive time to book your tickets – between £503 and £545 for the same tickets. This is deliberate to make Black Friday ‘sales’ appear genuine.

Below is a chart showing the most expensive and cheapest ticket prices for Disney World by ticket broker.

The most expensive time to buy your Disney World tickets was the fortnight following the Black Friday sales ending. The cheapest time varied depending on the ticket broker.

• Attraction Tickets – first fortnight in June
• Florida Tix – last week in March and the first week of April (Easter sales)
• American Attractions – anytime between mid-February and mid-April
• Orlando Attractions – most of July
• Orlando Attractions Tickets – first week of March.

Through the year there was a huge £107 per person difference in the ticket cost between brokers and booking dates. Orlando Attractions Tickets £450 in the first week of March vs Florida Tix eye-watering £557 during the weeks of 27th November and 4th December.

Below is a chart detailing the price range for Disney tickets by ticket broker. Note that the two most popular brokers rarely drop as low as some less well-known operators. They rely on their brand, advertising and big-name ‘sales’ to draw people in.

Disney World 14 Day Weekly Ticket Prices

Analysing prices, what struck me the most was the number of weeks through the year where ticket prices were lower than the advertised Black Friday sale prices. Your chances of getting a better deal booking during a week outside of Black Friday madness are pretty high. I collated the weeks where prices were lower for Disney World Tickets and the results are a little shocking. See for yourself in the table below.

Disney World Black Friday Price Comparison

Price differences for Universal Orlando remained on par with those for Disney World. Black Friday promotional prices ranged from £289.52 up to £318.60, just over a £30 difference depending on your ticket broker.

Throughout the year prices fluctuated by a few pence shy of £55, just under half the difference you would find for Disney World tickets.

Universal Orlando Weekly Ticket Prices

Generally speaking, you’re less likely to find big savings compared to Disney World’s ticket prices. There were fewer weeks when ticket prices were offered lower. In fact, one of the main players, Florida Tix didn’t dip below their Black Friday price at all.

Outside of Black Friday fluctuations in price were less pronounced, just like Disney World, the worst time to buy tickets was the fortnight following Black Friday when prices skyrocketed.

Once again, the cheapest time to buy depends on the company.

• Attraction Tickets – First fortnight In June
• Florida Tix – Middle fortnight in January
• American Attractions – Middle fortnight in January
• Orlando Attractions – Last fortnight in July
• Orlando Attractions Tickets – Last fortnight in July

With Disney World back in the mix the swing in prices for visiting every park in Orlando is huge but unlike Disney World exclusively, two brokers didn’t drop their prices below their Black Friday offers all year and the savings were substantial.

Visiting every theme park while you’re in Orlando doesn’t come cheap. The difference between the lowest and highest prices offered throughout the year was a massive £235 per person. This was also with one operator, Florida Tix, who offered the cheapest deal during its Black Friday event but if you had waited until the week before you travelled you would have paid a staggering amount more.

Had you been looking for tickets around Christmas and waited for Attraction Tickets or Orlando Attraction Tickets’ Black Friday events in 2024 you would have been out of luck as their Black Friday discounts only applied to the following year’s tickets. Florida Tix in 2024 offered a 16% discount sitewide but prices were ramped up massively to compensate taking out all but a few pounds of savings.

All Parks Combo Weekly Ticket Prices

Although other companies didn’t match Florida Tix Black Friday offer in 2023 for 2024 tickets you could have come close if you had waited until June or July to book your tickets.

More than any other ticket type, who you choose can lead to huge savings week by week with an average difference of between £40 up to over £100. If you take away only one point from this article it is the importance of shopping around. Don’t trust that the most well-known operators will give you the best value. Very occasionally they do but the majority of the time smaller brokers will make your much go much further.

• Attraction Tickets – First fortnight in June
• Florida Tix – Black Friday, November 2023
• American Attractions – July
• Orlando Attractions – Last 3 weeks of July
• Orlando Attraction Tickets – Black Friday, November 2023

Hopefully, by now you will realise that Black Friday and the immediate weeks after are generally not your best time to book your tickets so please don’t feel pressured by the hype to book your tickets before you are ready.

Remember that the prices shown here are based on one specific date, the 11th of August. I deliberately chose that date to give you a baseline figure on which to base the decisions you make for your trip. Many other dates will be more expensive, especially Christmas weeks and Spring Break in April.

Universal is guaranteed to be more expensive moving forward now they have changed their pricing structure and are opening the largest theme park to be built from the ground up in the last 20 years. That alone will ignite interest in Orlando as a destination which had been lacking in 2024.

Flight prices are tracking at all-time highs squeezing already bloated budgets even further. Try not to let these outside pressures affect your decision. Similarly, don’t let slick marketing campaigns sway you into booking your tickets when you are not ready.

Ticket brokers sell the same products under different guises. Don’t be afraid to step out of the mainstream to secure a better price for your tickets. Do your due diligence; remember, if an offer looks too good to be true, it generally is. If you come across a company you haven’t heard of offering competitive prices look them up. Ask questions, and demand answers before you hand over your money.

Have a look again at the maximum/minimum ticket price charts for each of the ticket types and make a note of the massive swings in price when using Attraction Tickets and Florida Tix. The price difference is far less pronounced with Orlando Attractions and Orlando Attraction Tickets.

Yes, tickets are expensive but what you get for your money far eclipses what you are used to here at home. Take your time, know what you’re buying, don’t go in blind and don’t be afraid to shop around.